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Dreda Say Mitchell
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; Reprint edition (20 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340937092
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340937099
  • Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 12.1 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 168,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Review

'KILLER TUNE is a sharply observed, incisive and moving story of radical politics, conflicting loyalties and unfinished business.'

(Guardian )

'Dreda Say Mitchell is an exciting new talent and her second novel, KILLER TUNE, shows her distinctive take on current urban noir.... The narrative throbs with energy and has a refreshing directness'


 

(Sunday Telegraph )

'I look forward to Dreda Say Mitchell's timely new novel, which switches between the contemporary hip-hop scene and the l976 carnival - a time when music was politics and politics was music.'

(Margaret Busby, Independent )

'An interesting, original novel, worth reading, even if you don't get half the references and in real life would block your ears to the noise'

(Literary Review )

'Mitchells' plot is elaborate but tightoy played, with a backbeat of racial abuse. Killer Tune lays the breezy muscial name-checking of Hornby's High Fidelity over a well-crafted murder mystery.'


 

(Financial Times )

'Publishing folklore has it that second novels are generally weaker than their predecessors - not Killer Tune, which is a big step up from Running Hot. It makes it encouragingly clear that Dreda Say Mitchell will be a figure in the crime-writing world for the forseeable future.'


 

(Times Literary Supplement )

'As good as it gets . . . Mitchell is English fiction's brightest new voice'

(Lee Child )

Praise for RUNNING HOT (: )

'An exciting new voice in urban fiction . . . a memorable and striking debut' (Guardian, Nicholas Clee )

'Packed with suspense and fascinating detail about a culture rarely portrayed in fiction . . . We need more art like this' (Christina Patterson, Independent )

'Very sharp . . . an impressive first book with a strong sense of place and community' (Sunday Telegraph )

'Confidently-paced tale, told in language both lyrical and salty' (Daily Mail )

'A book's "voice" is what determines its greatness and Mitchell's voice is unmistakably great. This is a great London story.' (Lee Child, Daily Express )

Review

'As good as it gets ... Mitchell is English fiction's brightest newvoice' -- Lee Child 'An interesting, original novel, worth reading, even if you don't get half the references and in real life would block your ears to the noise' -- Literary Review 'KILLER TUNE is a sharply observed, incisive and moving story of radical politics, conflicting loyalties and unfinished business.' -- Guardian 'I look forward to Dreda Say Mitchell's timely new novel, which switches between the contemporary hip-hop scene and the l976 carnival - a time when music was politics and politics was music.' -- Margaret Busby, Independent 'Mitchells' plot is elaborate but tightly played, with a backbeat of racial abuse. Killer Tune lays the breezy muscial name-checking of Hornby's High Fidelity over a well-crafted murder mystery.' -- Financial Times 'Publishing folklore has it that second novels are generally weaker than their predecessors - not Killer Tune, which is a big step up from Running Hot". It makes it encouragingly clear that Dreda Say Mitchell will be a figure in the crime-writing world for the forseeable future.' -- Times Literary Supplement 'Dreda Say Mitchell is an exciting new talent and her second novel, KILLER TUNE, shows her distinctive take on current urban noir... The narrative throbs with energy and has a refreshing directness' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Dreda Say Mitchell confirms her position as a hot new name in crime writing with this taut novel. It's set among London's black music community and has vivid descriptions of the music and a winning central character in rap sensation Lord Tribulation' -- Heat, Read of the Year 'KILLER TUNE is red-hot and both elegant and elegiac it's easily one of the best books I've read this year. Mitchell really is an outstanding talent and I hope her success shows other young black British writers that this is the genre for them' -- reviewtheevidence.co.uk 'Dreda Say Mitchell's second novel, Killer Tune, vividly portraysLondon's black music scene and confirms the promise of her award-winning debut.' -- The Times 'As good as it gets ... Mitchell is English fiction's brightest newvoice' -- Lee Child 'KILLER TUNE is a sharply observed, incisive and moving story of radical politics, conflicting loyalties and unfinished business.' -- Guardian Praise for RUNNING HOT -- : 'A book's "voice" is what determines its greatness and Mitchell's voice is unmistakably great. This is a great London story.' -- Lee Child, Daily Express 'An exciting new voice in urban fiction ... a memorable and striking debut' -- Guardian, Nicholas Clee 'Packed with suspense and fascinating detail about a culture rarely portrayed in fiction ... We need more art like this' -- Christina Patterson, Independent 'Very sharp ... an impressive first book with a strong sense of place and community' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Confidently-paced tale, told in language both lyrical and salty' -- Daily Mail --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Music's not 'a living' boy. Music is living."

Dreda Say Mitchell's gripping second novel reads like the work of an expert musician. A lyrical masterpiece, the prose is heaped with easy flowing imagery so that the words seem to sing from the page. The intricately crafted, hard-hitting narrative, with its baseline beat of 70s racism, is delivered complete with its own soundtrack featuring amongst others the artist and composers Vivaldi, Junior Murvin, Natalie Cole, T-Rex and Bob Marley. You'll be humming along to the Killer Tunes for weeks.

The life of rap sensation, Lord Tribulation (LT for short), is thrown into turmoil following the suspicious death of his much-loved father, King Stir It Up, and the firebombing of a house by a 15-year-old youth as he listens to LT's latest hit. A smear cmpaign in the press aligning his music to violence puts the kibosh on the recording contract LT had hoped to sign. But it is the reappearance of his childhood sweetheart that motivates him into finding out the truth behind his father's death. In the race to find the KIng's best jacket, LT and Bernie are exposed to the racist violence of the 1976 Notting Hill carnival through a series of cleverly hidden tapes that explain the King's secret past. A past that could catch up with them and see them dead.

Killer Tune is a brilliant, engaging, suspense-filled second novel from an exceptionally talented author with a unique and exciting voice. I can't recommend it enough.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is the second book from Dreda Say Mitchell and like the first its brilliant. I have even brought copies for friends and family and none of them could put it down. I cant wait for the next one
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Just finished this book after a week - started well but got lost in the middle somewhere. It just didn't keep my attention anything like Geezer Girls which I read within 24 hours. Looking forward to Gangster Girls.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Killer Tune, a novel.
This book was bought following reading an earlier novel by the same Author. This is another good read, and is recommended.
Published 1 month ago by Henry
Not worth it
Awful book and couldnt get into the story at all. Weirdly written about tracks of a record/music and didnt make sense.
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Tracy A. Smith
killer tune
The book isnt what i thought it was going to be. Personally I couldnt get into this one but i have to say that Dreda Say Michell has written some brilliant books and this is the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by barb1
bored!!!
Started this book some time last year, i usually read a book in 2-3 days i am still only halfway through this one and dont see me getting through the rest of it any time soon,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. A. Otterwell
Disappointed!
I am a HUGH fan of Dreda Say Mitchell and usually really enjoy her writing, however, this book just did nothing for me. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Debs
A great author
Although I really like this author's work found this book quite hard going. Too much about music and I wish there was more about the characters and the story line. Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. Canary
a rhythmic tale
This is such a well written and clever book i love the way the structure of the book echoes the 'killer tune'. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms P Dalton
killer tune
i was really looking forward to reading this as i just finished another by the author how dissapointed i was did not even finish first chapter
Published on 6 Sep 2009 by love to read
excellent
the service was brilliant. i recieved the book two days after ordering.cant get better than that
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by Mrs. J. Poulter
The opposite to a disappointment!
I've been eagerly waiting for another book from Dreda Say Mitchell since reading Running Hot a couple of years ago. Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2007 by M. Long
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